Birch Aquarium, Carlsbad Beach, and Go
For our final full day in California we slept in again. Later in the afternoon we drove back to La Jolla and visited the Birch Aquarium, which we hadn't been to for five years. We love seeing the diversity of beautiful ocean creatures.
Outside was a nice touch pool with sea stars, sea slugs, a lobster, and some other critters.
Emmy loaned us their boogie boards for our final beach outing--thanks!!!
Erin and Dallin played in the sand again while Megan and Ian tried to catch the waves with the boards. We realized post-beach that all the boogie board action was video footage, so we'll be sure to include it when we get a chance to edit all our video.
Grandpa gave the children a Go board and stones, and he spent time teaching them the basics of playing a game. Apparently Grandpa is a pretty good Go player (ranked between 2 and 3 Dan), and belongs to a club in Los Angeles that meets a few times a month. Here he is playing one last game with Ian before we started on our long drive back to Utah. A nice feature of Go is that handicaps can be used that allow novices to play against experienced players, presenting a challenge for both sides. The board size is flexible for different levels too--currently Ian and Megan play on a 9X9 grid.
It was like playing a game of "I Spy" for Erin to find the different fish and animals in each
display. Dallin loved the giant window looking into the kelp forest.
display. Dallin loved the giant window looking into the kelp forest.
Outside was a nice touch pool with sea stars, sea slugs, a lobster, and some other critters.
Erin opted for playing with dead starfish instead of touching the live ones.
She had no trouble examining the shark jaw display either.
We were taking the traditional photo of children in the shark
when all of a sudden...Gabe appeared!
Gabe was excited to show everyone around. He likes visiting the aquarium!
Gabe's mom and sister were close by too.
Human interest photo:
No, we didn't see any rattlesnakes, darn it!
No, we didn't see any rattlesnakes, darn it!
They kicked us out at closing time (they don't let you stay an extra half hour like at Legoland), and the children played around the fountains while the adults visited a little longer. And we got a family photo with Grandpa T, since Emmy was there to be our photographer. Dallin and the adults should have been wearing tie-dye too!
Emmy loaned us their boogie boards for our final beach outing--thanks!!!
We had a little bit of time at Carlsbad Beach before the sun set.
Erin and Dallin played in the sand again while Megan and Ian tried to catch the waves with the boards. We realized post-beach that all the boogie board action was video footage, so we'll be sure to include it when we get a chance to edit all our video.
Grandpa gave the children a Go board and stones, and he spent time teaching them the basics of playing a game. Apparently Grandpa is a pretty good Go player (ranked between 2 and 3 Dan), and belongs to a club in Los Angeles that meets a few times a month. Here he is playing one last game with Ian before we started on our long drive back to Utah. A nice feature of Go is that handicaps can be used that allow novices to play against experienced players, presenting a challenge for both sides. The board size is flexible for different levels too--currently Ian and Megan play on a 9X9 grid.
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